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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Does Vonnegut believe that most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia?"
(a) Most civilians can be considered a "well-regulated militia."
(b) Not unless they are recruited, led, motivated, or restrained by anything but their own perceptions.
(c) Only those civilians who pass a test should be considered part of a militia.
(d) Only men can be part of a militia.

2. In Fates Worse Than Death, humorist Kurt Vonnegut examines the blindness of the American people to the hypocrisy of what administration?
(a) Reagan Administration.
(b) Carter Administration.
(c) Smith Administration.
(d) Clinton Administration.

3. Who translates Vonnegut's requiem into Latin?
(a) John F. Collins.
(b) Collin F. Johnson.
(c) Thomas R. Collins.
(d) Collin P. Miller.

4. What government authority has several of its members involved in financial or sexual atrocities, as well as advocating for civilians to be armed with assault rifles?
(a) The Attorney General's Commission Civil Rights.
(b) The Attorney General's Commission on Gun Control.
(c) The Attorney General's Commission on Religious Freedom.
(d) The Attorney General's Commission on Pornography.

5. What is the name of the infant that the Vonneguts adopt?
(a) Leslie.
(b) Lily.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Algren bitter over his masterpiece, The Man with the Golden Arm?

2. What does Vonnegut wish his father had insisted he study?

3. How is the character Bill Pilgrim different from Joe Crone?

4. What does Vonnegut tell Hemingway scholars defines his fellow Midwesterner?

5. In his letter to the future, what does Vonnegut say today's rulers are doing to Nature's stern but reasonable surrender terms?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Vonnegut's experiences at Lake Maxincuckee.

2. What examples does Vonnegut give to show that male bonding is important to men?

3. What is Vonnegut's opinion of the traditional requiem mass?

4. Of what significant Indianapolis building is Father the founder? Why is he bitter over the additions made on this building?

5. What does Hemingway share with Vonnegut?

6. What is Vonnegut's opinion of the First Amendment?

7. Why does Vonnegut say the NRA is incorrect in its use of Article II of the Bill of Rights?

8. How is Father's reaction to praise for his artwork different from his daughter's?

9. Why do the Vonneguts give themselves a Native American tribal name?

10. What are four things Vonnegut and O'Hare have in common?

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